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<p style="width: 60%;">Welcome to the agency video hearings webpage. These hearings are also referred to as “traditional” video teleconference hearings, which are held at one of our hearing offices. In an agency video hearing, you and anyone who comes to the hearing with you, such as your representative or witnesses, will interact with the judge hearing your case through a video monitor. The judge is in a different location and conducts the hearing by video.</p>
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<p>If you are comfortable with participating in a video hearing but do not have access to the equipment needed to have your hearing by online video in your own home or office, or prefer not to use your own equipment, an agency video hearing could be great option for you. We have a large network of agency video hearing locations across the country. Agency video hearing locations may be closer to you than one of our hearing offices. </p>
<p>After you submit your Request for Hearing (SSA-501) form, we will send a notice about ways to attend a hearing, including agency video. The Notice of Ways to Attend a Hearing package includes an important form, HA-55 Objection to Appearing by Audio or Agency Video. You should only complete and send this form back to us if you do <strong>NOT</strong> want to participate in your hearing by traditional agency video. You have 30 days to send this form back to us letting us know you are objecting to participating in your hearing by agency video. If we do not receive this form from you indicating that you do NOT want to have your hearing by traditional agency video, then we may schedule your hearing to be held by traditional agency video.
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<p>We will send you a notice that tells you the time and place for your hearing at least 75 days before your scheduled hearing date. Pay special attention to the place/address, as it may be different from where your case was handled previously. The video hearing location could be at one of our hearing offices or another Social Security facility like a local field office. If you must travel more than 75 miles from your home to attend a hearing in one of our hearing offices, we can reimburse certain costs. </p>
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<li>If you need any accommodations in advance of the hearing, please ensure you, or your representative if you have one, contacts the hearing office holding your hearing in advance so we can support your needs. </li>
<li>If you need an interpreter for your hearing, please <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html" title="contact your local hearing office" target="_blank">contact your local hearing office</a> and we can provide one for you, free of charge. When you request an interpreter, please tell us what language you prefer (including American Sign Language). </li>
<li>If you are the parent or guardian of a child who is requesting a hearing, we may request the child attend the hearing. We will provide information about whether a child needs to participate in a hearing in the notice of hearing we send you.</li>
<li>If you want to review your file before your hearing, please call the hearing office to make arrangements. You can find hearing office phone numbers on our hearing office locator site by visiting the SSA Hearings and Appeals Website at <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html.</a></li>
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<p><strong>Day of the Hearing</strong></p>
<p>If you have your video hearing at an SSA facility, please keep these very important points in mind:
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<li>You should arrive at least 15 minutes before your hearing time to check in for your hearing with a member of our team. </li>
<li>An agency video hearing uses equipment that allows you and the ALJ to see, hear, and speak to each other in real time, just as if you were talking face to face.
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<li>Transmission of the hearing is secure, and we protect your privacy. Just like in-person hearings, we record only the audio portion of agency video hearings. We do not record the video of any of our hearings. </li>
<li>A technician will be available to make sure the video teleconferencing equipment is connected and working properly.</li>
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<p>We have held traditional agency video hearings in our offices for close to twenty years. The process to object to an agency video hearing has been a standard process. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/online-video.html" title="Online video hearings" target="_blank">Online video hearings</a> via Microsoft Teams were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a secure hearing that we conduct by video, over the internet, using an individual’s personal equipment. We require a separate form to agree to online video as compared to traditional, or agency video, hearing objections. </p>
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<p>If you miss the timeline for returning the agency video objection form and we schedule your hearing by traditional agency video and you do not want to participate in the hearing that way, <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html" target="_blank">contact your local hearing office</a> as soon as possible. If you show good cause for missing the deadline we will reschedule your hearing using another available manner of appearance. </p>
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<p>We offer remote hearing methods, audio hearings held by telephone and online video hearings, if you not do feel comfortable attending a hearing in an SSA facility. If you are interested in these hearing options, be sure to look for the Notice of Ways to Attend a Hearing mailed to you after you submit your Request for Hearing (SSA-501) form. This notice includes related forms for objecting or agreeing to certain ways to attend a hearing. </p>
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<p>The hearing office phone number appears on the top right corner of any letter we sent you about your scheduled hearing. You can also visit our <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/ho_locator.html</a> to find the address, phone number, or fax number of your local SSA hearing office. </p>
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<p class="header"><a href="#">What travel costs will SSA pay for?</a></p>
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<p>If you must travel more than 75 miles from your home or office to attend your hearing in one of our hearing sites, we can pay certain costs. Here are the rules that apply for individual claimants: </p>
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<li>We can pay your transportation expenses such as the cost of a bus ticket or expenses for driving your car.</li>
<li>In certain circumstances, you may need meals, lodging, or taxicabs. The Administrative Law Judge must approve these special travel costs <strong>before the hearing unless</strong> the costs were unexpected and unavoidable.</li>
<li>You must submit a written request for payment of travel expenses to the Administrative Law Judge at the time of the hearing or as soon as possible after the hearing. List what you spent and include supporting receipts. If you requested a change in the scheduled location of the hearing to a location farther from your residence, we cannot pay for any <strong>additional</strong> travel expenses.</li>
<li>If you need money for travel costs in advance, you should contact the hearing office as soon as possible <strong>before the hearing.</strong> We can make an advance payment only if you show that without it you would not have the funds to travel to or from the hearing.</li>
<li>If you receive travel money in advance, you must send an itemized list of your actual travel costs and receipts to the hearing office within 20 days after your hearing.</li>
<li>If we gave you an advance payment that is more than the amount you are due for travel costs, you must pay back the difference within 20 days after we tell you how much you owe us.</li>
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